Nimrud

American  

[nim-rood] / nɪmˈrud /

noun

1. modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.

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Nimrud British  

/ nɪmˈruːd /

noun

1. an ancient city in Assyria, near the present-day city of Mosul (Iraq): founded in about 1250 _bc and destroyed by the Medes in 612 _bc ; excavated by Sir Austen Henry Layard

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Nimrud

Excavations at Nimrud began in the mid-19th Century and continued until 1992, revealing some of the most important monuments of Assyrian art.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2017

But seven decades later, one of her favorite places - Nimrud - is in danger as never before.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2017

Assyrian capital of Nimrud, south of Mosul, from the militant group.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2016

The British Museum wasn’t the only Western institution that owned precious objects from Nimrud.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 20, 2016

Small windows are shown in some of the bas-reliefs, with balustrades of small columns, which were doubtless copied from the ivory plaques found at Nimrud and now in the British Museum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various